(this is prett much like) drowning in booze

"Roger Zoul" writes:

Just for the record, though, I do like the idea of "trick or threat".

Is that a typo, or are kids getting meaner than I thought these days?

:-)



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Jim writes:

Whenever I go into the grocery stores at holidays, I see oceans and
oceans of candy. It is saddening to see, as an adult.

Mike Eades recently blogged about how the new farm bill increases
supports for sugar farmers in the USA, while opening the door through
NAFTA for more cheap sugar from Mexico. Wonderful.

Farm subsidies are always counterproductive, but this is especially bad.
Surely everyone, from low-carbers to Ornish followers, can agree that
refined sugar isn't something we *need*. Maybe we'd disagree on whether
it should be replaced with bacon or corn flakes, but don't we all still
think sugar should be a treat? It's one thing for government to
subsidize the necessities of life, but does it really need to subsidize
dessert?



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Aaron Baugher wrote:
Jim writes:


Whenever I go into the grocery stores at holidays, I see oceans and
oceans of candy. It is saddening to see, as an adult.


Mike Eades recently blogged about how the new farm bill increases
supports for sugar farmers in the USA, while opening the door through
NAFTA for more cheap sugar from Mexico. Wonderful.

Farm subsidies are always counterproductive, but this is especially bad.
Surely everyone, from low-carbers to Ornish followers, can agree that
refined sugar isn't something we *need*. Maybe we'd disagree on whether
it should be replaced with bacon or corn flakes, but don't we all still
think sugar should be a treat? It's one thing for government to
subsidize the necessities of life, but does it really need to subsidize
dessert?





There have been artificial price supports for domestic sugar for quite a
long time.

The sugar industry (American) managed to get Congress to pass high
import duties on sugar so that the USA price has long been about twice
the international price.

Because of the inflated price of domestic sugar and the high import
tarrifs, when cheap HFCS became available, the whole soda industry and
much of the food industry switched to the lower cost HFCS product.

The info in the above bill is a way for the Domestic sugar industry to
have their cake, and eat it to.... seemingly wrapped up in giving the
consumer a break, but in effect further screwing the taxpayers and
lining the pockets of the domestic sugar industry... keeping up the long
term preferred status of the sugar industry.

I don't think that the issue is as simple as "sugar should be a treat",
but involves much more intelligent/informed decision making on the part
of a lot of people.

I have no idea how to actually accomplish that.

Roger Zoul wrote:
em wrote:
:: Not one damn kid came. I'm going to throw the candy in the trash.
:: Next year its toys, stickers and temp tattoos, like Tom and Nanner
:: suggested. I was also thinking about coloring books and crayons for
:: the little ones and markers or some kind of art thing for the bigger
:: kids. I wish I would have thought ahead rather than running out and
:: buying candy at the last minute.

Did you leave your front lights on or put up something scary in the yard? If
kids are out "trick or treating", they will come if you send the right
signals. Maybe you live in a place that scares the hell out of parents. If
so, and the kids didn't come, that's a good thing.

Good on you for tossing the candy. Some would think of it as food and try
to give it away.



I live in an apartment building, and kids never come here for trick or
treat.

There are places where parents just don't take kids for trick or treating.

Also, if your neighbors aren't getting any trick or treaters, then you
pretty much can conclude that it isn't anything you are doing wrong.

Probably not a good idea to go out and force them to come to your house
with threats, even if it is done in the holiday spirit. :-)

"Aaron Baugher" wrote in message
...
"Roger Zoul" writes:

Just for the record, though, I do like the idea of "trick or threat".

Is that a typo, or are kids getting meaner than I thought these days?

:-)


haha..I was mean even though that was a typo.

Luna wrote:
I'm definitely buying candy today to give out to the kids, stuff they
like that I don't.
^^^^^^^^^^^^

IMO, that's the trick right there.

I live with people who don't low-carb; they have "treats" in the house
all the time, just not *my* favorite stuff.

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